SANDF peace missions get additional funding
National Treasury has allocated over R2 billion in funding from the National Revenue Fund to defray the costs of the South African National Defence...
SANDF holds memorial service for latest DRC fatality
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Friday 12 July held a memorial service for the late Major JC (Tolla) Pieterse after he...
Cudgels taken up in defence funding debate
Battle lines are seemingly drawn ahead of the 2024 fight for defence funding, with National Treasury (NT) on one hand warning the powers that...
SANDF Major killed by a grenade in the DRC
A South African Army Major has been killed in a grenade incident in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whilst serving under the United...
Large memorial service for the remarkable career of Jan Breytenbach
The late Colonel Jan Dirk Breytenbach was remembered by an unusually large group of military veterans at the Voortrekker Monument’s Wall of Remembrance in...
Sombre first days in office for Minister Motshekga
Just days after being sworn in as South Africa’s minister of defence and military veterans in the country’s seventh democratic administration last Wednesday, Angie...
Motshekga ready for “new portfolio assignment”
The fourth woman to be South Africa’s minister of defence and military veterans in the democratic era hit back at her detractors, reportedly telling...
Motshekga brings political experience and tertiary education learning to the defence and military veterans’...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa naming long-serving basic education minister Angie Motshekga as defence and military veterans minister for democratic South Africa’s seventh administration...
New Defence and Military Veterans Minister has two deputies
South African and African National Congress (ANC) leader Cyril Ramaphosa added a second deputy defence and military veterans minister to his seventh administration cabinet...
Tragic loss in the DRC: Honouring South African peacekeepers
In a heart-wrenching incident, yet again, two young brave members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have lost their lives while serving...
Breytenbach funeral and memorial service details announced
The funeral service for retired colonel Jan Breytenbach will be held tomorrow (Friday, 28 June) in a private ceremony at St George’s Anglican Church,...
Amatola not going to Russia – defects and lack of maintenance cited
Another ambitious SA Navy (SAN) target for this year will not be realised with the cancellation of a St Petersburg visit by a Valour...
Don’t blame the defence minister for SA deaths in DR Congo – expert
The deaths this week of another two South African soldiers in the ranks of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) peacekeeping mission to the...
Two SANDF soldiers killed in latest DRC attack and 20 injured
M23 rebels on Tuesday attacked the town of Sake in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), resulting in the deaths of two South African...
Two-star is new General of the Gunners
The General of the Gunners tradition continues in the landward arm of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) with Major General Willbrod Mazibuko taking...
SANDF soldiers deployed in the DRC targeted by insurance scammers
While South African soldiers are fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), some are apparently unknowingly paying premiums for insurance policies that...
The need for military oversight to be probed by SU webinar
A Stellenbosch University (SU) arranged webinar set down for Thursday (27 June) will look into the need for oversight of South African military deployments...
Manthatisi and Vuk’uhlome BOIs still “in process”
Military boards of inquiry (BOIs) into causes of deaths during two incidents last year are now in the hands of service commanders and military...
Engineer School stands accused of ill-treating SANDF “biological assets”
In the last year of her tenure as President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thandi Modise received no less than five...
Parliamentary defence oversight in SA – Looking back on the 6th Parliament and key...
Parliamentary oversight is an important practice in democracies as it prevents dominance by the executive branch of government and ensures accountability. Oversight of the...
Malawians learn motorcycle handling at SA Military Police School
South African military police seeking proficiency in handling an essential tool of their work – the motorcycle – were joined by colleagues from Malawi...
Ramaphosa inauguration looks to be a day to remember for aircraft spotters
When Cyril Ramaphosa is inaugurated as President of South Africa for his second term of office tomorrow (Wednesday, 19 June) it will happen at...
Father of SA Special Forces dies
Retired SA Army colonel Jan Breytenbach, the founding father of Special Forces in the South African military, died in the George Mediclinic on Sunday...
6 SAI Op Vikela deployment done and dusted
The specialist airborne assault infantry battalion of the SA Army is back in South Africa following deployment to Mozambique as part of the now...
SANDF to remain in austere mode until funding flow improves
After three ministers of defence and military veterans, the 2012 South African Defence review, renamed in 2015 and approved by the National Assembly (NA),...
Army Technical Service Corps boosted by 47 qualified artisans
The largest SA National Defence Force (SANDF) service – the SA Army – can now call on the skills of an extra 47 qualified...
Modise receives remains of latest soldier killed in the DRC
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise on Monday officially received the mortal remains of a specialist military medic who lost his life during...
SANDF “crucial” to disaster management nationally and regionally
That the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is committed to doing whatever its resources allow when disaster strikes was underlined last month by way...
Lobese reaches out to Chinese Navy
China, in the form of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), last month became the latest country to be ticked off by SA Navy...
SANDF deployment ensured safe and secure elections
With South Africa’s national and provincial elections for a seventh democratic administration over and declared free and fair, the military component of NatJOINTS (National...
High Court orders redacted Battle of Bangui BOI records released
A legal attempt to access SA National Defence Force (SANDF) records of the March 2013 Battle of Bangui by South African author and journalist...
SA Army wants new cutlery and dixies
Proof yet again that armies march on their stomachs* comes in the form of an Armscor tender to “procure” dixies and cutlery as well...
SANDF’s DRC deployment an unfair imposition on the military – expert
The deaths of four South African soldiers at the hands of M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year have raised...
Immediate past DMV Director General resigned, not dismissed
In March last year, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) heard that Department of Military Veterans (DMV) Director General Irene Mpolweni...
Happy (belated) birthday to the SANDF
On 19 May, Minister of Defence Thandi Modise released a statement, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). She...
2 828 SANDF members deployed for the elections
A total of 2 828 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members are being deployed for the maintenance and preservation of law and order...
Mashatile presides over veterans’ headstone memorialisation
Deputy President Paul Mashatile used a Thursday military veterans’ memorialisation event across five Gauteng cemeteries to “recognise the injustices of our past, honour those...
SANDF’s anti-illegal mining and national key point protection deployments extended
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Commander-in-Chief President Cyril Ramaphosa has deemed it fit to extend the deployment of just over three thousand military personnel...
SANDF should withdraw from foreign peace missions to focus on security at home, DA...
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is underfunded and cannot afford to take part in international peacekeeping or peace enforcement missions and should...
SANDF-led youth initiative launched
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been tasked with leading the new South African National Service Institute (SANSI), which aims to encourage...
SANDF underfunded, overstretched, and in need of clear direction
South Africa’s foreign policy is confused, with no clear plan on the deployment of an underfunded, overstretched and old South African National Defence Force...
No money from DoD for Mapisa-Nqakula legal battles
Current defence and military veterans minister Thandi Modise put paid to any possibility of Department of Defence (DoD) funding for her predecessor who faces...
SANDF at 30: Modise highlights the SA military’s role in national and international security
In a wide-ranging media briefing on Sunday 19 May, Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Thandi Modise, outlined the state of defence in the...
DMV has its fourth acting DG as legal action looms
The perennially under-performing Department of Military Veterans (DMV) has another acting Director-General at the helm – the fourth interim appointment since 2017 - with...
Weak SANDF tarnishes national image and compromises SA’s ability to protect its sovereignty
If the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is perceived to be weak, or in fact is, this tarnishes South Africa’s national image and...
Immediate attention for non-Pharmacy Council compliant SAMHS facilities
A non-compliance red light warning for SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) pharmacies is receiving immediate attention.
The issue was raised this week in a letter...
SANDF’s 22-year journey to modernise combat net radios
It’s taken 22 years for an upgrade of the SA National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) combat net radio (CNR) systems, with SA Army brigade, division...
1 Military Hospital hosts a change of command parade in Thaba Tshwane
The South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) witnessed a leadership transition at 1 Military Hospital last week as Major General (Dr) Nsizwa Skosana handed...
Inaugural National Security and Safety Townhall to debate the future of South Africa’s national...
As South Africa gears up for the national elections on 29 May, the South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) is shining...
Manifesto analysis: Assessing political parties’ stance on defence and national security
defenceWeb recently took time to look at the MK Party manifesto in terms of defence and security. I was wondering how the rest of...
